Sumiko Starling Moving Coil Cartridge
The Starling is the flagship open architecture cartridge from SUMIKO, exhibiting true high-end sound from a meticulously engineered device. No aspect of the cartridge's design was left to chance. The Starling is an open-architecture moving coil cartridge that renders the grandeur of an orchestra while still preserving air and space, and also delivers every detail of a nuanced Jazz recording with its responsive dynamics and deep silences.
Moving Coil cartridge with MicroRidge stylus
Long-grain boron cantilever
Exceptional sonic characteristics, with deep silences
Ultra-low resonance open architecture design
Overhead mounting design
Easy to set-up and install
The Starling is the flagship open architecture cartridge from SUMIKO, exhibiting true high-end sound from a meticulously engineered device. No aspect of the cartridge's design was left to chance. The Starling is an open-architecture moving coil cartridge that renders the grandeur of an orchestra while still preserving air and space, and also delivers every detail of a nuanced Jazz recording with its responsive dynamics and deep silences.
Moving Coil cartridge with MicroRidge stylus
Long-grain boron cantilever
Exceptional sonic characteristics, with deep silences
Ultra-low resonance open architecture design
Overhead mounting design
Easy to set-up and install
The Starling is the flagship open architecture cartridge from SUMIKO, exhibiting true high-end sound from a meticulously engineered device. No aspect of the cartridge's design was left to chance. The Starling is an open-architecture moving coil cartridge that renders the grandeur of an orchestra while still preserving air and space, and also delivers every detail of a nuanced Jazz recording with its responsive dynamics and deep silences.
Moving Coil cartridge with MicroRidge stylus
Long-grain boron cantilever
Exceptional sonic characteristics, with deep silences
Ultra-low resonance open architecture design
Overhead mounting design
Easy to set-up and install
The benefit of the physical design is that resonances often associated with external housings are eliminated in the Starling, yet to enhance this further the cartridge also boasts a CNC-precision milled high-grade aluminium mounting plate so the cartridge system can perform effortlessly. The mechanical silence of the Starling concedes a dynamic linearity across the entire spectrum that allows it to handle even the most demanding passages with effortless poise and convincing drive.
The long-grain boron cantilever employed in the Starling provides class-leading energy transfer from the stylus to the coils. Further, the synthetic rubber suspension system is tuned so the hardness and repulsion factor are optimised for a controlled acoustic performance over a long lifespan.
The sophisticated Starling design results in a combination of superior dynamics and excellent long term tracking ability. When finished with the specially ground, low-mass, high-end MicroRidge stylus, tremendous amounts of detail can be extracted from the record groove.
As it's part of the Reference Series, the Starling is painstakingly crafted by hand in a process that involves hours of labour. After assembly, final adjustments are made using a battery of test records, and performance is hand-calibrated for your enjoyment.
The Starling is a traditional "low output" moving coil, but its fidelity and technical characteristics mean that it delivers a truly high-end sound when paired with the appropriate equipment in a high-end vinyl system.
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
12Hz - 50kHz
OUTPUT VOLTAGE
0.5mV
INTERNAL IMPEDANCE
28Ω
LOAD IMPEDANCE
>100Ω
CHANNEL SEPERATION
35dB @ 1kHz
CHANNEL BALANCE
<0.5dB @ 1kHz
STYLUS TYPE
Micro-Ridge
COMPLIANCE
12x10-6 cm/dyn
TRACKING FORCE RANGE
1.8 - 2.2g
RECOMMENDED FORCE
2.0g
CARTRIDGE WEIGHT
9.5g